Where does “puhelinsanoma” come from?

puhelinsanoma (Finnish) comes from Finnish puhelin, from Finnish puhella, from Finnish puhua, from Proto-Finnic puhudak, from Proto-Uralic puše- — blow.

puhelinsanoma (Finnish): telephone message

Definitions

  1. telephone message

Ancestry of “puhelinsanoma”, step by step

puhelinsanoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish puhelin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpuhelintelephone, phone; Short for puhelinnumero;...
2FinnishpuhellaTo chatter
3FinnishpuhuaTo talk; To speak
4Proto-Finnicpuhudakto blow
5Proto-Uralicpuše-blow

via Finnish sanoma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishsanomaA message, communication; Agent participle of...
2FinnishmäI
3FinnishminäI; ego; self
4Proto-FinnicminäI, me
5Uralic*minä—
Every word from Proto-Uralic puše- →Every word from Proto-Finnic puhudak →Every word from Finnish puhua →